The early 19th-century Colonial Revival, at 52 Weston Road in Westport, was built in 1806 and asks $2.59 million.
, which comes with a real dose of history, for $2.59 million.
From 1826 to 1889, the property was part of a larger estate owned by a banker named Morris Ketchum; it was then known as the Hockanum estate.Ketchum and Abraham Lincoln gives a glimpse of the latter visiting its grounds — and it also appears likely that George Washington held a Revolutionary War fundraising meeting there or nearby. Local lore, undocumented, also has Rock Hudson and Buffalo Bill passing through.
The main house features a rounded music room, a formal dining room, a chef’s kitchen — and a main bedroom suite with curved walls and a balcony overlooking the gardens. Original details include antique wide plank floors — from an 18th-century farmhouse — and four fireplaces. There’s also a 2,000-square-foot carriage house, featuring one bedroom, one bathroom and beamed ceilings, which is zoned as a legal rental.
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